Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1.  @noecarrier5035  No, I was just in the army for military service. Well, it was fun to shoot, but as greens (we said 'blue' in France, for historical reasons), we were not so confident. The MAT49 is short, and, in case of a malfunction at the range, you could easily forget you had it and swing your body to call the instructor. There was no proper safety, and shots could easily been sprayed accidently wherever we did not want. It was pretty accurate up to 50m, when shot like Ian, not so much from the hip. The last one looked cool, but would just have frighten the guys in front of you, as most bullets would have hit the dirt at their feet. We practiced it, but not enough to be good at it.
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  2. I was part of a military parade for Bastille day in Nice... in 1980... with a MAT49 ;o) There were the last ones: there were replaced by FAMAS shortly after. Except for gendarmerie who took them longer.
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  3. I might be late. We actually changed magazines.
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  4. It's even worst tha that! When french army discovered that the tanks had lmited antitank capability with the short gun in the second half of the 30s, they planned to replace it with the standard AT gun of the time, the 47mm. But it did not fit in the light tanks and a new long barrel 37mm had to be design first, delaying the solution further..
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  5.  @janwitts2688  "a tank has to be able to overcome the enemy it faces...". Antitank capability on tanks was not seen as a priority before the 30s, based on the experience of WWI where tanks were used against entranched infantry only. Most tanks designed at this time had very limited or no antitank capability, like the numerous tankettes, Pz1, French or British light tanks, etc... In the 30s, it was recognised that tank could meet other tanks and a fight would follow. Antitank guns were designed in France (the 47SA35, followed by the 37SA38), UK (the 2 pounders), Germany (the 3,7cm PaK36, later adopted by the US) and many other countries, all fielded in the second half of the 30s.
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  6.  @charlesstoeng9166  I had one during my military service in 1980. No problem with it. I could achieve a headshot from 600m, no problem. And I was a conscript with no specific skills. Meaning that a platoon leader could ask for a threat to be "treated" from a longer range than the average MAS 49/56, or even the AA 52.
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  7. Some gun owners will be blessed! Gun Jesus Himself touched and hold parts of their guns with His own hands!🙂 Interesting video, btw.
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  8. Capturé par le Viet Cong et transformé pour le Tokarev, qu'ils recevaient d'URSS. Le canon modifié surement, la culasse, je sais pas. Recapturé ensuite par les Américains au Vietnam et importé aux USA.
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  9.  @hubert_c  EVERYTHING in French military equipment can be used to open a bottle. In my military carrier, I've never seen a soldier dying from thirst in front of a bottle of beer.
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  10. The average convoy speed of infantry was stated at 13km/h (twice that for cavalry). That was the speed for lorries and is the reason why infantry tanks, like the Renault R35 max speed was about only 25km/h.
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  11. To my knowledge, the Chinese still manufacture updated T-55s. There are not up to the best standards, but are still good enough for many countries.
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